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Address: 8269 River Rd, Rome, NY 13424
Establishment No.: m17965

USDA Inspection Report: 9 Nov 2010

Code: 01C02Violation: 416.4(a), 416.4(d)

Citation: On this day at 7:15 AM while doing
dispositions at the disposition rail I observed the trays on the
viscera table as they were coming up from the sanitizing cycle
underneath the table. I noticed that quite a few of the pans were
coming up with dried blood on them (60%), particularly on the right
side of the tray. I did not observe any fecal material. Since hearts
are on these trays, cross-contamination between condemned and passed
carcass tissue could be a potential problem. The plant was cited for
this same problem in an NR on 11/05. On that day there was also
dried blood and tissue on the trays due to failure of a pump which
increases pressure of the water coming out of the nozzles that clean
the trays.. The immediate corrective action on that day was to have
an employee stand at the end of the table and spray off the blood
and tissue from the pans. I was told the long term corrective action
was to change the pump. The plant used the immediate corrective
action of hosing off the pans yesterday, 11/04. Today, on 11/05, the
plant is no longer using the immediate corrective action of cleaning
off the pans with a hose, but the pump has not been replaced.
416.4(a) states "All food-contact surfaces, including food contact
surfaces of utensils and equipment must be cleaned and sanitized as
frequently as necessary to prevent the creation of insanitary
conditionsand adulteration of product. 416.4(d) states "Product must
be protected from adulteration during processing, handling, storage,
loading, and unloading at and during transportation from official
establishments. Past Similar NRs - Previous Ineffective Plant
Actions: Failure to use immediate corrective action until long term
solution is implemented NR: 50-2010 dated 11/5/2010

Regulation:

416.4(a) All food-contact surfaces, including food-contact surfaces
of utensils and equipment, must be cleaned and sanitized as
frequently as necessary to prevent the creation of insanitary
conditions and the adulteration of product.

416.4(d) Product must be protected from adulteration during
processing, handling, storage, loading, and unloading at and during
transportation from official establishments.